# I will be having a telephone interview! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744 "2012-03-14T14:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/1 "2012-03-14T14:29:37Z")
I will be having a telephone interview tomorrow with this company in Toronto that I really want to work with… technical writer for a place that makes ebook readers… I really wanted to talk to someone there and ask questions, and then they called me! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/2 "2012-03-14T14:32:52Z")
Bon chance! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/3 "2012-03-14T14:38:00Z")
Merci! J’espère, j’espère… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/4 "2012-03-14T22:26:16Z")
Nice! Good luck. I fly in and out of Toronto occasionally for work. The little parts of the city I’ve seen show promise. 😉 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/5 "2012-03-14T22:42:01Z")
Make sure suit is nice and ironed. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/6 "2012-03-14T23:28:04Z")
Had a telephone interview for my new job on Thursday, Feb 9th. They called back 45 minutes later and offered me the job. Put in my notice the next day, started the 27th. Absolutely loving it so far. Hell, I’m even happy with the bus ride, and I’ve never wanted to ride the bus in the past (it’s just a lot cheaper and more convenient than driving downtown and paying for gas and parking and all that). Hope you knock it out of the park and get the job! Go into it knowing you’re the best person for the job. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/7 "2012-03-14T23:38:32Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/8 "2012-03-15T00:04:22Z")
Well, the job description they sent along with the message this morning was like they read my résumé. I even have all of the “nice to have” experience except experience with SGML… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/9 "2012-03-15T00:15:29Z")
I’ve been interested your work saga because internet-wise you are relatively near to us. Hope all goes well. :0) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/10 "2012-03-15T08:11:35Z")
Bona sorto! No, I haven’t learned Esperanto, I’m hoping the translator I used it got it right… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/11 "2012-03-15T10:23:24Z")
Dankon! Thanks! “Sorto” means “fate” or “doom”, not “luck”, so it sort of works… 🙂 Off-topic Esperanto joke: “Sorcx-trumpeto” means “trumpet of sorcery”. “Sort-sxtrumpeto”, which is pronounced almost identically, with just a difference in the pause between words, means “sock of doom”. 🙂 (On the iPhone, I have to use sx and cx in place of the proper accented s and c. Apologies.) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/12 "2012-03-15T11:48:12Z")
Hey, good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/13 "2012-03-15T11:57:25Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Dankon! Thanks! “Sorto” means “fate” or “doom”, not “luck”, so it sort of works… 🙂 > > Off-topic Esperanto joke: “Sorcx-trumpeto” means “trumpet of sorcery”. “Sort-sxtrumpeto”, which is pronounced almost identically, with just a difference in the pause between words, means “sock of doom”. 🙂 > > (On the iPhone, I have to use sx and cx in place of the proper accented s and c. Apologies.) So there was a transcription error and Joshua didn’t really use a lot of bugles but stink those folks out? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/14 "2012-03-15T12:04:01Z")
best of luck in the interview! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/15 "2012-03-15T19:01:08Z")
Aiiee! The phone interview is over, and I’m not sure how I did. The interviewer asked questions about ‘what kind of corporate culture would you like to work with’ and I really wasn’t sure how to answer. I talked about interest in technology and wanting to help people, but I’m not quite sure that that was what she was getting at… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/16 "2012-03-15T19:52:01Z")
Sending out lucky thoughts! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/17 "2012-03-15T20:19:19Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Aiiee! The phone interview is over, and I’m not sure how I did. The interviewer asked questions about ‘ **what kind of corporate culture would you like to work with** ’ and I really wasn’t sure how to answer. I talked about interest in technology and wanting to help people, but I’m not quite sure that that was what she was getting at… The nude kind. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/18 "2012-03-15T21:39:43Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Aiiee! The phone interview is over, and I’m not sure how I did. The interviewer asked questions about ‘what kind of corporate culture would you like to work with’ and I really wasn’t sure how to answer. I talked about interest in technology and wanting to help people, but I’m not quite sure that that was what she was getting at… IMHO - Corporate, driven, professional, performance focused vs. fun loving, relaxed, as long as you get-the-job-done vs. small family run, everyone is family and we all pitch in on everything vs. high growth start-up with lots of future potential for advancement vs. 150 year old established organization with lots of senior people doing what they’ve done for years vs. etc. There is no right answer, it’s more about if you and the environment would fit each other. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/19 "2012-03-20T22:09:32Z")
Well, I didn’t get the job. ☹ The lady invited me to keep in touch though. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744/20 "2012-03-20T23:21:15Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, I didn’t get the job. ☹ > > The lady invited me to keep in touch though. Damn I was hopeful when I saw your name as the most recent poster. Sorry ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-be-having-a-telephone-interview/615744.md?page=2)